Shortcut page

A shortcut page works like a redirect within your site and appears in the pagetree as .

A shortcut page is included in your site by default so there will be a link to your home page in the site navigation. Look for it in the pagetree as the first page under your home page.

You should use a shortcut page when you need a link to appear in the site navigation in two places.

Warning: Don't overuse the shortcut pages. You are responsible to keep track of all the shortcuts you create. If you create a tangled web, you will also need to un-tangle it.

External URL page

An External URL page works like a redirect to a page outside your site and appears in the pagetree as .

You should use an External URL page when you need a link to appear in the site navigation to a Web page that is not in your CMS site.

You do not need to create an External URL page for every link you will make to other sites. If you just want to embed a link in page content, you can insert a link to another site using the Rich Text Editor.

Warning: The http:// part of the Web address is included automatically from the Type pull-down menu so you should not include it in the URL field. If you do, your page will be created with a link like http://http://www.google.com and will not work.

Tip: If you embed a lot of links to a site into page content, you may also make use of the External URL page type. For example, if you link to Campus Connection (CC) a lot and don't want to edit every page that links to CC when the CC login address changes, you could create an External URL page (hidden in menu if appropriate) and then create internal links to that External URL page in the RTE. The next time the CC login address changes, you only need to update the external link page instead of every page where you inserted a link.

Visual menu separator page (spacer)

A visual menu separator page contains no content and is not a clickable navigation link and appears in the pagetree as .

The appearance of this page type varies depending on your site's template, but for www.NDSU.edu department sites, it looks like

This page type is only configured for the top level of a site. That means it is not visible at all in site navigation if its parent page is not your site's home page.

Hidden in menu

A page that is hidden in menu has the Hide in menu checkbox checked in Page properties and appears in the pagetree as .

You should make a page hidden in menu when you want a page to not appear in the site navigation menu.

Warning: visitors will only be able to get to a hidden in menu page if you insert a link to it in page content or if you tell them the Web address some other way (by email, print brochure, etc.).

Hidden

A hidden page is not visible to site visitors at all (even if they know the Web address) and appears in the pagetree as .

A hidden page has the Hide checkbox checked in Page properties.

Though the simpler method of keeping content hidden from visitors is to not publish it, if you need to publish a page, making it a hidden page will prevent visitors from knowing the page exists or viewing the page contents.

Create multiple pages at once

To create multiple pages at once, use the Functions module.

Open the Functions module

Select a page title in the page tree. The pages will be created as children to this selected page

In the work area, enter the name of each page to create in its own field

If the newly created pages should be inserted after existing pages, check the Place new pages after the existing subpages checkbox

If the newly created pages should be hidden, check the Hide new pages checkbox

Click the Create pages button

In the dialog window that opens, click the OK button to continue creating many new pages